Battered torch song
domestic violence
betrayal
trudy newell
pygmy beat extended
ray cochrane
Story behind the song
After several years of waiting for a voice - finally Trudy Newell appeared to belt this one onto another level.
Mastered by Fran Ashcroft
Lyrics
HEART SHAPED BRUISE
INTRO
Every time you lie
Every time you cheat
It’s no victory
It’s our love’s defeat
CHORUS
There’s a heart-shaped bruise
Where my heart should be
And this heart-shaped bruise
Is absorbing me
Ev’ry errant thought
Ev’ry stolen look
Each and ev’ry entry
In your little book
Ev’ry small abuse
Ev’ry power play
Kills the spark inside
Turns my love away
CHORUS
There’s a heart-shaped bruise
Where my heart should be
The bleeding inside
Is consuming me
Ev’ry time you whisper
Ev’ry time you coo
You pull me down
Just to satisfy you
There’s no salvation
There’s no excuse
The damage has been done
Now my heart’s no use
MIDDLE
Take it out
Cut it out
Take it out
Cut it out
There’s no way forward
Our history’s sour
What looks like love
Is an exercise in power
CHORUS
There’s a heart-shaped bruise
That cannot be redeemed
We can’t remove the scars
From this shattered dream
There’s a heat-shaped bruise
Where my heart should be
Now it’s in my hands
And it’s up to me
END
Take it out
Cut it out
Take you out
Cut you out
Of my life.
Copyright Cochrane 2008